A novel approach for improving yeast viability and baking quality of frozen dough by adding biogenic ice nucleators from Erwinia herbicola

Freezing deteriorates the baking quality of frozen bread dough by causing lethal injury to yeast cells and depolymerization to the gluten network. To investigate the potential of biogenic ice nucleators in frozen food applications, the effect of extracellular ice nucleators (ECINs) from Erwinia herbicola on the baking quality of frozen dough upon three freeze/thaw cycles were investigated. With addition of ECINs to the activity of 2.4 × 10⁶ units per gram of dough, hardening of bread crumb caused by three freeze/thaw cycles was alleviated by about 50% compared to the control. Additionally, the bread from frozen dough with added ECINs showed 50% larger specific volume compared to the control. The mechanism of cryoprotective effects from ECINs was possibly that ECINs helped in preserving the viability of yeast cells during freeze/thaw cycles. ECINs were able to improve the viability of log-phase and stationary-phase yeast cells in suspensions by about 100 and 10 fold, respectively, and viability of yeast in the frozen dough by 17%. This study revealed the potential of ECINs as a cryoprotectant for applications in the food and biotechnology industries.     

石羊河流域冬季冻土深度变化趋势及原因

利用1961~2007年石羊河流域上游、中游、下游当地气象站的冬季最大冻土深度、气温、地温、日照时数、降水量、相对湿度、蒸发、积雪资料,分析了近47 a石羊河流域冬季最大冻土深度的空间分布以及时间变化特征,进而采用相关系数法进一步探讨了冬季最大冻土深度变化的原因。结果表明:在空间分布上,石羊河流域冬季最大冻土深度分布与本地地理位置、土壤类型和海拔高度密切相关。石羊河流域冬季最大冻土深度梯度呈南—北走向,最大值出现在南部古浪,最小值出现在北部民勤。时间变化上,近47 a,石羊河流域以及流域上、中游冬季最大冻土深度呈下降趋势,而下游民勤冬季最大冻土深度则呈上升趋势,石羊河流域冬季最大冻土深度在不同时段内存在明显的6~7 a和9~10 a的周期反映,除下游民勤外在20世纪90年代都发生了突变。相关系数法分析表明,影响石羊河流域冬季最大冻土深度的气象因子是主要是热力因子,热力因子中关联最强的是极端最低地温和气温;水分因子中蒸发和冬季最大冻土深度的关联最明显。     

添加V_(B_(12))、V_E、V_C对无角道塞特绵羊精液冷冻效果的影响

探讨在无角道塞特绵羊冷冻精液稀释液中添加VB12、VE、VC对精子冷冻品质的影响。在无角道塞特绵羊冷冻精液稀释液中添加不同质量浓度的VB12、VE、VC制作细管冻精,解冻后观察精子的成活率和顶体完整率等指标。结果显示,VB12添加0.003 g/L时能够显著提高解冻后的精子活率(P0.05)和精子顶体完整率(P0.05);VE添加2.5 g/L时,能够极显著提高解冻后的精子活率(P0.01)和顶体完整率(P0.01);VC的添加4.4 g/L时能够显著提高解冻后的精子活率(P0.05),但对冷冻后精子的顶体完整率无影响。在稀释液中添加VB12、VE和VC能使解冻后精子品质得到提高。VE添加后能够极显著提高冷冻精子的顶体完整率,应该优先考虑添加。     

Improved viscoelastic zein–starch doughs for leavened gluten-free breads: Their rheology and microstructure

Gluten-free bread was prepared from commercial zein (20 g), maize starch (80 g), water (75 g), saccharose, NaCl and dry yeast by mixing above zein's glass transition temperature (T_g) at 40°C. Addition of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC, 2 g) significantly improved quality, and the resulting bread resembled wheat bread having a regular, fine crumb grain, a round top and good aeration (specific volume 3.2 ml/g). In model studies, HPMC stabilized gas bubbles well. Additionally, laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) revealed finer zein strands in the dough when HPMC was present, while dynamic oscillatory tests showed that HPMC rendered gluten-like hydrated zein above its T_g softer (i.e. |G*| was significantly lower). LSCM revealed that cooling below T_g alone did not destroy the zein strands; however, upon mechanical impact below T_g, they shattered into small pieces. When such dough was heated above T_g and then remixed, zein strands did not reform, and this dough lacked resistance in uniaxial extension tests. When within the breadmaking process, dough was cooled below T_g and subsequently reheated, breads had large void spaces under the crust. Likely, expanding gas bubbles broke zein strands below T_g resulting in structural weakness.     

低温驯化及封冻阶段不同冬小麦品种叶绿素荧光参数的比较

为了解小麦品种的抗寒机制,对抗寒品种东农冬麦1号和对照品种济麦22在低温驯化及封冻阶段植株的叶绿素荧光参数进行测定和分析.结果表明,低温驯化阶段对照品种济麦22新叶的最大荧光产量(Fm)、PSⅡ最大量子产量(Fv/Fm)、实际量子产量(yield)、光化学淬灭(qP)显著高于东农冬麦1号,低温驯化结束后济麦22的这些参数迅速降低,显著低于东农冬麦1号新叶相应的值;调查期内东农冬麦1号新叶的初始荧光(Fo)变化稳定,降幅为26.2%,济麦22新叶Fo的降幅为52.8%;两品种老叶的荧光参数值变化趋势接近一致,低温驯化结束后东农冬麦1号老叶的Fm、qN、qP值显著高于济麦22老叶相应的值.在生产上可以利用叶绿素荧光参数对品种抗寒性进行鉴定,鉴定时期为低温驯化期结束、封冻期开始时,鉴定的部位应为植株新叶.     

枇杷幼果冻害低温等级指标的确定

根据福建省近5a枇杷幼果低温箱试验和低温过程山坡地枇杷冻害观测试验结果,以及主产省福建、浙江历史灾情资料,采用归纳分析和对比印证等方法,对枇杷幼果冻害的低温等级指标进行研究。结果表明：枇杷幼果冻害低温等级指标可用日最低气温（Tmin）和低温持续天数（DD）表示,各级冻害指标分别为,轻度：-2.5℃＜Tmin≤-1.0℃,DD≤3d;中度：-3.5℃＜Tmin≤-2.5℃,DD≤3d或-2.5℃＜Tmin≤-1.0℃,DD＞3d;重度：-4.5℃＜Tmin≤-3.5℃,DD≤3d或-3.5℃＜Tmin≤-2.5℃,DD＞3d;极重：Tmin≤-4.5℃,DD≤3d或Tmin≤-3.5℃,DD＞3d。历史灾情资料验证结果表明,冻害等级指标在福建莆田的推算准确率为61%,在浙江临海、黄岩为87.5%,说明枇杷幼果低温冻害等级指标可应用于低温冻害预测。     

冷冻龙虾仁辐照灭菌保鲜工艺技术研究

冷冻龙虾仁在我国水产品出口中占有较大的比例,由于高温加工,微生物很难控制到符合欧美标准。采用γ射线低剂量保温辐照工艺处理冷冻龙虾仁,结果表明:一般有效剂量控制在1.5 kGy即可使杂菌总数控制在1万个/g以下。在0~10 kGy处理剂量下,辐照对蛋白质无明显影响,并延长了保鲜期。研究还探讨了保温情况下的一整套灭菌工艺,使辐射剂量不均匀度控制在2以内,使被处理的产品保持原有的色、形,不回化。     

Impact of ethanol,succinic acid,and the combination thereof at levels produced during sponge fermentation on hard wheat,soft wheat,and durum wheat farinograph rheology

The sponge and dough mixing process is one of the most common in the world, yet the mechanistic understanding of this process has yet to be sufficiently explored. In this study, aqueous solutions of ethanol, succinic acid, and their combination were prepared at concentrations intended to replicate fermentation times of 3, 4 and 6 h. These solutions were added to a farinograph mixer to make dough using hard wheat, soft wheat, and durum wheat flour. The results indicate that these yeast metabolites (ethanol, succinic acid) impact the mixing resistance, peak mixing value, and dough mixing stability in each of the flour types, likely primarily affected by the ratios of gliadin to glutenin and LMW glutenin in each flour type. Results suggest a stabilizing non-covalent interaction imparted by gliadin at peak mixing time, a stabilizing effect of HMW glutenin during break down, and synergistic effects of ethanol and succinic acid that leads to a faster rate of breakdown in later stages of mixing. It also suggests an increase in mixing resistance when acidulants are added to durum wheat dough. Taken together, this study adds new insights on the sponge and dough mixing process in a way that has not previously been conducted.     

亲水胶体对冷冻面团及其面包品质的影响

对亲水胶体在冷冻面包面团中的应用进行了系统研究。结果表明：黄原胶、阿拉伯胶和酪蛋白酸钠均可明显增强面团的抗拉伸性,其中,黄原胶的作用最强,可使新鲜面团与冷冻面团的最大拉伸阻力比对照分别增加76%和58%;黄原胶和阿拉伯胶的添加还显著提高了面团酵母发酵力,相比对照,两者的新鲜和冷冻面团分别提高了119%、208%及83%、113%。3种胶体的应用均可减少冷冻面团的可冻结水含量。亲水胶体对面包品质也有影响,其中,阿拉伯胶对面包品质有改善作用。     

The final established physicochemical properties of steamed bread made from frozen dough: Study of the combined effects of gluten polymerization,water content and starch crystallinity on bread firmness

The gluten polymerization behavior, water content, starch crystallinity and firmness of Chinese steamed bread made from frozen dough were investigated and their correlations were also established in this study. The decreased degree of gluten polymerization in steamed bread was observed by the enhanced SDS-extractable proteins (SDSEPs) upon frozen storage. Less incorporation of glutenin in the glutenin–gliadin crosslinking of steamed bread mainly contributed to the decreased degree of gluten polymerization. The decreased moisture of steamed bread had a significant negative correlation with the sublimated water in frozen dough (r = −0.8850, P < 0.01). Frozen storage also induced an increase in starch crystallinity and bread firmness. A multiple linear regression model with SDS-extractable proteins, water content and melting enthalpy of starch crystals of steamed bread accounted for 86% of the variance in the natural logarithm of firmness and further revealed that starch crystallinity mainly contributed to bread firmness.